Post on 07-Feb-2021
Taking Care of Yourself:
Wellness and Resilience
Taylor S. Riall, MD, PhD
Disclosures
Traditional Model
Traditional Surgical Culture
Physician Self-Care is Essential
Invest in Yourself
Surgeons are Elite Athletes
The Surgeon-Athlete
Train
Optimize
Mental
Game
Fuel
Rest &
Recover
Respect the Whole Person
Work-Life Integration
HOME WORK
COMMUNITY SELF
Stewart D. Friedman. Total Leadership: Be a Better Leader, Have a Richer Life.
Burnout (2014)
WORK
COMMUNITY
SELF
HOME
Rebalanced (2016)
WORK –
UNIVERSITY OF
ARIZONA
HOME
COMMUNITY
SELF
WORK -
COACHING
“Change your moments and you change your days.
Change enough days and you change your life.”
D. Luke Iorio, President/ CEO iPEC
Ongoing Process
Acting Chair (January 2017)
WORK – UNIVERSITY OF
ARIZONA HOME
COMMUNITY SELF
WORK -
COACHING
L3-4 Fusion (April 2017)
WORK –
UNIVERSITY OF
ARIZONA
HOME
COMMUNITY SELF
WORK -
COACHING
The Core of Wellbeing
well-be·ing
•noun; the state of being comfortable, healthy, or happy.
The ability to respond to whatever challenges arise in one’s life is at
the core of wellbeing.
Manage Your Stories
Event or Interaction
Feeling/ Emotion
Action
Manage Your Stories
Event or Interaction
Tell a story
Feeling/ Emotion
Action
Manage Your Stories
Cyclist passing me
He thinks I am in the way
Indignant, defensive
“What’s your problem??”
Cyclist passing me on the path
He is giving me a friendly
warning Grateful
“Good morning!”
Scan Your Life for the Positive
Shawn Achor, The Happiness Advantage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXy__kBVq1M
Mindfulness: Be PRESENT
Define Your Own Success
Research
Teaching Patient Care
Clarify your Values and Goals
Acknowledge Your Fear
• Fear of rejection
• Fear of failure
• Fear of success
Where fear lives,
action is limited (play
small, complacent,
good enough).
Where courage
meets
fear (playing big).
Acknowledge Your Fear… And Play Big
Summary
• Remember, you are an elite athlete
• Respect the whole person
• Continually reassess your priorities and integrate all the parts of your life
• Manage your stories
• Scan your life for the positive
Summary
• Be PRESENT – focus on what you are doing when you are doing it
• Define your own success
• Remember that everything you want is on the other side of fear…acknowledge it and move forward
Questions?